The Marcos Matters . . .

March 03, 1986|By Michael Sneed and Kathy O`Malley.

-- Ah, the Kennedy charm! INC. hears new Philippine President Corazon Aquino had yet to hear from President Reagan when she received a phone call last week from U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy. News of the call left the new leader almost speechless--because of her strong feelings for the Kennedy family--and her youngest daughter was in a twit. So guess who will be coming to dinner soon in Cory`s new digs?

-- INC. hears that during his reign, former prez Ferdinand Marcos gifted several U.S. officials with vibrating massage chairs. But because their value exceeded the amount allowed by law, Ron and Nancy, Alexander Haig and George and Barbara Bush had to turn them over to the National Archives. How do we get on this guy`s Christmas l-l-l-ist-t-t-t?

BITS AND BITES . . .

At least one report claims that the idea to call Adlai Stevenson

``Chicken Little`` came to Gov. James Thompson while he was standing in his new State of Illinois Center and a piece of it fell on his head. Isn`t that what political strategist Joe Novak said? . . . Al ``Cadillaction`` Johnson, the mayor`s friendly car dealer, is taking on more of an advisory role at City Hall. Translation: The mayor is listening to him. . . . A GOP insider says there`s a move afoot to promote former State Rep. Art Telcser as the party`s candidate for mayor. It`s not a big foot, however. . . . Contrary to reports, Gov. Thompson says he pays $315 a month--not $2,500 a month--for his new leased limo and claims it ain`t a ``stretch.`` . . . Hear ye! Former Mayor Jane Byrne`s new campaign hot line is FEB 1987--which is da day in election parlance. . . . First daughter Patti Davis is at it againShe`s writing another novel . . . this time all by herself . . . and it`s all about . . . you guessed it: political intrigue! How clever. . . . Don Haider, a city budget director during the Byrne regime, may run for 48th Ward Democratic

committeeman.

THE POLICE BLOTTER . . .

So what do you make of a concussion, broken nose, facial cuts, plastic surgery and leg and arm cuts allegedly caused by a guy who claimed he`d been drinking and didn`t remember much about the 1984 New Year`s incident and the police woman he allegedly struck with a steel bar and the cop who came to her aid? ``Not guilty,`` said Cook County Circuit Judge Lawrence Passarella, who last week freed Michael Colella, who was charged with beating the two cops.

``It stinks,`` screamed the Fraternal Order of Police. ``It`s outrageous,``

shrieked the state`s attorney`s office. And watch for the Chicago Police Sergeant`s Association to call on the chief judge of the Criminal Division to demand a reason for the not-guilty decision. ``The decision was moronic, and the judge has sent a message that police officers can be savagely beaten without court consequences,`` said Sgt. Bob Angone, an association spokesman. THE POL MAUL . . .

-- A private poll by Democratic pollster J. Michael McKeon in early February indicated that Mayor Harold Washington`s approval rating remained high but that ``the jury is still out`` on whether the investigation of alleged corruption would damage the mayor`s re-election chances.

-- Wasn`t it nice that Jacob Weisberg, son of Mayor Washington`s director of special events, Lois Weisberg, did such a favorable article about his mom`s boss in a recent issue of New Republic magazine. And he had the nerve to blast INC. for its political connections.

-- George Gottlieb, GOP candidate in the 11th Congressional District, noted a strange visitor at his fundraiser last week: Michael Patrick Hogan, a Democrat running for Cook County commissioner. ``He talked and laughed and had a good time at the bar, and then . . . he was embarrassed when he found out he was at the wrong fundraiser,`` Gottlieb said. ``But he was a nice guy. He invited me to one of his fundraisers.``

THAT`S ENTERTAINMENT . . .

For some time, people have been telling 24-year-old Keith Seydlitz that he should capitalize on the fact that he looks so much like Michael J. Fox. A week ago, he finally did. He went to an open casting call for a Fox stand-in

--and got the part! The 5-foot-5-inch, 130-pounder (``I think I`m a little bigger than Michael``) already has put in two days of filming as Fox`s back in scenes with Joan Jett and Michael McKean, and he has notified the Elk Grove Village firm where he works that he`s taking a leave of absence for a couple of months from his mailroom job. And he already says ``Let`s do lunch``

didn`t take kindly to a newspaper column that casually mentioned that ratings of the new show, which made its debut in early February, weren`t good. Within days, the column`s writer was telling people he`d received a seven-page letter from Snyder complaining about the item.

ON STAGE . . .

Jack Wallace will compete against himself Wednesday. The curtain goes up on ``Glengarry Glen Ross`` at the Blackstone Theatre at 7:30 p.m., the same time Robby Benson`s new series, ``Tough Cookies,`` in which Wallace plays a crook, premieres on CBS-TV. . . . Candlelight Dinner Theatre has added Tuesday evening performances of ``A Chorus Line,`` which runs through April 20. . . . Bruce Young, who played cop roles in ``Lady Blue`` and ``E.R./Emergency Room,`` has just been cast in Victory Gardens` ``Split Second.`` Guess what he plays?

INC.LINGS . . .

The 8th annual South Side Irish Parade will step off at 1:30 p.m. March 16 from 103d and South Western Avenue. . . . Monday birthdays: Bill Contos, 62; Tim Kazurinsky, 36.